164 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 
Pist. Germeén 4-cornered, situated between the cup and 
the blossom. Style thread-shaped, very short. Summit - 
blunt. ; oie 
S. Vess. Capsule small, with 2 cells. 
SEEDs small. 
Oss. The blossom has sometimes 5 clefts. - 
EPIME’DIUM. Tourn. 117. vi i 
Cau. Cup 4 leaves, Leafits egg-shaped, blunt, conehtg, 
expanding, small, placed directly under, not alternating 
with the petals, shedding, . 
Bross. Petals 4, egg-shaped, blunt, concave, expanding¢ 
 Nectaries 4, as large as the s, leaning against 
_ them, glass-shaped, rounded at the bottom, fixed to the 
receptacle by the rim of the mouth. re 
Stam, Filaments 4, awl-shaped, pressing on the style. 
Anthers oblong, upright, ad iy 2-valved, opening 
from the base upwards, the partition loose. a 
Pist. Germen oblong. Styles shorter than the germen, | 
"as long as the stamens. “Swmmit simple. 
S. Vess. Pod oblong, tapering to a point, 1-celled, 2- 
valved. 
SEEDs many, oblong, 
COR’NUS. Tourn. 410. Gaertn. 26. per 
Car. Involucrum generally 4 leaves, including several 
florets.  Leafits -shaped, coloured, deciduous, 2 
opposite, smaller. “Cup very small, 4-toothed, superior, 
deciduous, ee 
Boss. Petals 4, oblong, acute, flat, smaller than the in- 
= eel, : , “ eo aa 
TAM. Filaments 4, awl-shaped, upright longer than the 
blossom. Anthers fay at sidewise. ele 
Pist. Germen beneath, roundish. Style thread-shap 
as long as the blossom. Summit blunt. 
S. Vzss. Drupa nearly lobular, dimpled. tf 
SEED a heart-shaped or o long nut, with 2 cells. — 
PARIETA’RIA. Tourn. 289, anal ; 
__L Wo Hermaphrodite flowers inclosed within 1 flat — 
involucrum of 6 leaves ; the 2 opposite and outer 
the largest, 
